Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Cavalier Mineral Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary Dotson
Phyllis, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517194

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
346
citations
147
significant & substantial
$91,977
proposed penalties
$38,450
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 5,642 5 0 886.2
2008 Q2 929 9 3 9687.8
2008 Q1 1,220 11 2 9016.4
2007 Q4 2,009 11 0 5475.4
2007 Q3 2,019 6 0 2971.8
2007 Q2 2,052 3 2 1462.0
2007 Q1 7,765 5 2 643.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 29, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a case of bottled water - lower back pain.

2007 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

January 26, 2006 KY · Coal FIRE
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Substation on surface caught fire could not be extinguished. Internal comments of the substation were destroyed by fire.

2003 · 1 incident

December 28, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Suggie Sue Coal Company L L C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING SPLICE IN BELT. EMPLOYEE #2 PASSED OVER A NAIL BOARD WHICH HIT EMPLOYEE #1 ON LEFT HAND, INDEX FINGER. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK AND FINISHED SHIFT.

2002 · 2 incidents

June 14, 2002 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dad'S Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS LOWERING A RAILROAD JACK WHEN THE JACK FELL AND MASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER, PINCHING IT.TWELVE STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

May 21, 2002 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dad'S Coal Company Llc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS & KNEES WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 18" X 8" X 1" FELL ON HIS HAND. THE HEIGHT WAS 48".

2001 · 3 incidents

September 13, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Dad'S Coal Company Llc · Contact with heat

EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL WHEN HE BECAME WEAK FROM HEAT.

September 7, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dad'S Coal Company Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB BAG OF ROCKDUST WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

June 13, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator MACHINERY
Dad'S Coal Company Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS INSTALLING RESIN GROUTED BOLT. HE BENT TO BOLT TO INSERT IN HOLE AND WHEN HE WAS PUSING BOLT WITH DRILL BOOM THE ROOF BOLT PLATE SMASH HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

2000 · 1 incident